Chapter 1197: Battle of the Three Kings (20)

The cavalry, on which Dolgon had great hopes, did not succeed in raiding the two flanks of the Ming army when the Ming army was strangling with the infantry army,.。

However, at this time, the cavalry of the Ming army, which had been avoiding without fighting, suddenly attacked and formed a situation of covering and killing.

The characteristics of Wang Yan's formation are to defend and counterattack, use a solid infantry formation to thwart the Qing army's attack, and when the Qing army is defeated and retreat, the cavalry immediately attacked, pursued the defeated army, and expanded the results.

I have to say that Wang Yan has been in battle for a long time, has rich experience, and has a very good grasp of the timing of the battlefield.

The cavalry of the Qing army was blown up by the earth-shattering thunder, and was shot by a swarm of bees, and was running to the main formation in a panic, wanting to get out of the range of the Ming army's shelling, but the rampaging horse army had already pursued and killed.

The rampaging horse army immediately spread out the formation, but it was not a charging arrow formation, but a banner of men and horses, thirty-seven horsemen in a row, in the shape of a crescent, and a distance between each row was vacated, and the cavalry were all holding guns and galloping.

The cavalry in the first row was holding a three-eyed gun and aimed at the fleeing Qing army, so they opened fire directly, and the Qing army who fell on the tail was shot in the back and was immediately knocked off the horse.

After the Ming cavalry in the front row finished beating the three-eyed gun, they did not continue to pursue, but pulled out the reins of the horse, scattered to both sides, and after loading the ammunition, they detoured back to the tail of the horse army, became the last row of the cavalry, and continued to gallop.

When the cavalry in the first row finished firing and dispersed to both sides, the cavalry in the second platoon could continue to shoot the fleeing Qing troops, and then disperse and hand over the task of chasing and killing to the cavalry in the back row.

The rampaging horse army recuperated, the horsepower was better than the Qing army, the fleeing Qing army was beaten and fell off the horse again and again, and the cavalry did not dare to turn back at all, and they lowered their bodies to report the horse's neck, and ran away in a hurry, for fear of being a little slower.

The cavalry of the Qing army fell from the horse again and again, the Ming army bit the tail of the rout, seeing that the rout was about to be eaten by the Ming army from the back bite by bite, the Qing cavalry that had previously ridden out of the battlefield saw this, and suddenly under the leadership of Lou Qin, the lead department almost turned a big circle, and then killed the horse army again.

The energetic Ming army, who was chasing and killing, suddenly saw a group of cavalry coming to kill, Wang Shixiu's face sank, and he immediately raised his gun and shouted: "Disperse!" ”

The cavalry led by Lou Qin formed a formation of charging and ramming, while the Ming army was not in a ramming formation, so naturally it would not hedge with the Qing army.

The Ming army in the front row released the platoon guns, Wang Shixiu and Tan Tai each led one, and the Ming army's formation split directly, heading to the left and right, and the Qing army passed through them.

During this period, the two armies shot at each other, and Lou Qin was caught in the middle by two split Ming cavalry, attacked with firearms, and the knights fell off their horses one after another.

The Qing army also fired arrows at the Ming army, but the Ming army had cuirasses to protect the vital point, and the Qing army did not directly shoot the Ming army in the head, and generally could only cause some non-fatal damage.

When the Qing cavalry passed through the middle, and the separated rampage horse army gathered again, Wang Shixiu was cautious, and did not immediately turn around and confront the Qing army, but detoured back to the front of the Ming formation and chose a suitable impact posture.

On the other side, Qin Shangxing confronted Wakda directly, he abandoned the rout, and directly met the Qing cavalry who rushed up to rescue the rout.

Wang Yan always paid attention to the battlefield, and he soon discovered that his fierce generals wanted to hedge against the Qing army, and immediately frowned, and hurriedly ordered: "The artillery team on the left flank, aim at the Qing cavalry, and fire a salvo!" ”

The artillery and cavalry cooperated, and the Ming army had drilled many times, and it was the first time that the actual combat on the battlefield was completed.

For a while, the gunners hurriedly adjusted the gun position, calculated the distance, and found that it was still within the firing range.

"Kill!" Qin Shangxing, the fierce general of the Ming army, roared angrily and sent a cloud of gunpowder smoke from the attack array of the horse army, and at this moment, nearly a hundred cannonballs flew over their heads in a roar, and together with the guns fired by the cavalry, they smashed head-on towards Wakda.

The cavalry of the Qing army suddenly turned on their backs, and they were beaten sharply, they had never encountered it, and when they were about to collide, there were still shells smashed.

Just when the front of the Qing cavalry was broken, the rampaging horse army crashed into the Qing cavalry like a sharp knife, breaking them apart and scattering.

Dolgon didn't expect Wang Yan to have such a comical operation, first bombing him with a wave of earth-shattering thunder, and then the artillery team was able to play such a cooperation with Ma Jun.

For him, these are all things that he has never thought of.

Dolgon originally wanted to use the infantry army to attract the main force of the Ming army, and then the cavalry attacked the relatively weak flanks of the Ming army.

If the cavalry can attack the two wings, then he will naturally decide the overall situation, but if he can't attack it, he actually has one hand left, that is, the fifteen thousand full eight banners behind him.

This is his last hole card, he is ready to lead the 15,000 cavalry to the rear of the Ming army when the Qing army cannot break the formation on three sides, and give Wang Yan a fatal blow.

It's just that he didn't expect that Wang Yan was too cunning, obviously strong, but he put on a defensive formation, deliberately forcing him to attack, and let him hit his head and bleed, which was simply a humiliation to him.

Seeing that Wakda, who had the advantage in strength, was scattered by the rampaging horse army, Doll saw that the situation was urgent, and hurriedly ordered, "Rocodor, you take five thousand horsemen and go up!" Remember, lure out the Ming cavalry and don't fight a decisive battle within the range of the Ming artillery!"

On the battlefield, artillery fire was flying, war horses were galloping, the battle was very fierce, and the Qing army was already bleeding.

The battle has been fought for more than an hour, Wang Yan is still calm, his combat range is within two miles covered by artillery, until the time comes, never cross the line, victory definitely belongs to the Ming Dynasty.

Dolgon's whole person was restless, and several times he wanted to press the last 10,000 full soldiers, and he wanted to leave the infantry and return to Luoyang first.

Just when he was anxious, as he expected, the infantry army attacking the front fought hard for more than an hour, but never broke through the Ming formation, and the Qing army gradually fell into despair, and the morale began to collapse.

In the distance, among the Qing infantry troops that occupied the superior forces, Li Benshen, Liu Zhong and other green battalions began to retreat, and even the Han Banner and Jin Army were demoralized, and the Ming army immediately pushed the Qing infantry back gradually.

Seeing that the infantry army, which had already dented the Ming Formation, was beaten out again, Dol's eyes almost collapsed out of their sockets.

"Attack! Offensive! Dorgon was on horseback, his whole face contorted in despair.

At this time, the Ming army looked upstairs, and a soldier who was responsible for observing the battle situation suddenly became excited, "Your Highness, look behind the enemy's main formation!" ”

Wang Yan was startled when he heard this, and looked at it fixedly, only to see a piece of yellow dust suddenly rising from the north, he hurriedly picked up the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it again, and suddenly laughed proudly.

"Cyclops, Dai Mingzhang! Hahaha~" Wang Yan pointed to the dust and laughed.

At this time, in the Qing army's formation, Dolgon also found the smoke and dust behind him, and he took a closer look, a group of elite cavalry with Ming cavalry was rushing towards him.

When Dorgon saw this, his face flushed, and he shook his horse a few times, and then suddenly fell to the ground.

"Lord Wang! The prince ...... "The full generals beside him suddenly turned over and dismounted in a hurry, and shouted urgently, but Dolgon had already passed out and had no reaction.

At this time, Wang Yan had already seen the victory, he stood on the watchtower, pulled out the jade-handled sword violently, and shouted a roar that was enough to shake the Central Plains, "Order!" Assault of the whole army! ”

The sound of trumpets and war drums was fierce in vain, and the thunderous sound of war drums was rapid and loud, and the earth-shattering signal of attack temporarily covered the shouts of killing on the battlefield.

When the Ming army heard this, their blood immediately boiled, and they roared in unison, and they suddenly changed from defense to attack, shouting and attacking the enemy.

The Jin-Qing coalition army was stunned by the sudden change, and Meng Qiaofang, who was commanding the infantry formation, turned back suddenly, but saw that Dol Luo, who was supposed to be supervising the battle in the rear, and the cavalry fighting on both wings, all fled to the northwest.

Meng Qiaofang took a closer look, and suddenly found that a cavalry appeared behind him, and he pounced directly, it was actually a Ming cavalry.

He suddenly had his heart shattered, and he shouted urgently: "Withdraw quickly!" It's all over! ”

After he roared, he rushed west with the Jin army that he could command, and as soon as the Jin army retreated, the soldiers and horses of Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and others were all wheeled.

For a time, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, infantry and cavalry were mixed together, without any rules, and they scattered and fled in a mess.

The rampaging horse army wantonly rushed and killed in the rout, and Li Guo, Li Dingguo, and Liu Fangliang each led the army and launched a ruthless pursuit of the fleeing enemy......